Pedro Báez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 232LBS | Age: 36
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 3.18 18 0 2 17 13 1.00
2021 0 0 2.08 4 0 0 4.1 5 0.69
2022 0 0 11.57 3 0 0 2.1 2 3.43
9 Seasons 21 15 3.08 362 0 3 362.2 376 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 18 0-0 3.18 17 13 1.00
2021 4 0-0 2.08 4.1 5 0.69
2022 3 0-0 11.57 2.1 2 3.43
9 Seasons 362 21-15 3.08 362.2 376 1.11
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 27 831 136 7 5.1 3.4 88.0 113.1 16.1 27.2 .198 .334 .296 .257 .340 28.7 28.8 5.3 3.35 2.68
2016 28 1178 187 13 7.0 4.4 87.3 109.5 14.4 29.4 .213 .374 .268 .284 .358 30.5 28.2 7.5 3.04 3.36
2017 29 1174 185 12 6.5 4.3 86.8 114.6 17.6 38.9 .235 .388 .311 .308 .354 29.7 22.9 10.4 2.95 4.07
2018 30 972 151 11 7.3 4.6 86.0 109.2 18.8 32.5 .206 .318 .283 .270 .321 25.0 26.2 9.7 2.88 3.04
2019 31 1112 180 5 2.8 1.8 87.5 110.2 21.6 27.8 .182 .301 .239 .249 .282 26.6 25.0 8.3 3.10 2.68
2020 32 306 50 2 4.0 2.9 86.7 107.0 22.6 22.0 .213 .325 .237 .279 .293 28.0 18.6 10.0 3.18 3.25
2021 33 59 9 2 22.2 13.3 88.2 107.4 14.1 33.3 .186 .463 .238 .297 .417 55.6 33.3 6.7 2.08 3.70
2022 34 73 11 1 9.1 6.3 90.0 103.4 12.2 54.5 .346 .537 .453 .453 .471 54.5 12.5 18.8 11.57 10.00
Player 5705 909 53 5.8 3.8 87.1 114.6 17.9 31.1 .209 .347 .278 .278 .332 28.8 25.6 8.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Báez relies on 3 pitches.
Changeup
(46.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(43.8%) ,
Slider
(9.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 41.2 28.7 22.8 7.4 33.8 37.5 28.7 5.1 26.5 33.1 22.1 5.1 5.1 3.4
2016 44.4 22.5 23.0 10.2 34.8 41.7 23.5 3.7 32.1 27.8 22.5 5.3 7.0 4.4
2017 35.1 23.8 29.7 11.4 37.3 33.0 29.7 3.2 27.6 34.1 23.2 5.4 6.5 4.3
2018 37.7 25.2 23.8 13.2 32.5 38.4 27.2 4.0 25.2 31.8 23.2 4.0 7.3 4.6
2019 37.2 29.4 18.9 14.4 41.7 34.4 23.9 2.8 27.2 36.1 22.2 6.7 2.8 1.8
2020 36.0 34.0 18.0 12.0 52.0 28.0 20.0 4.0 28.0 36.0 18.0 6.0 4.0 2.9
2021 44.4 33.3 11.1 11.1 44.4 55.6 0.0 11.1 33.3 22.2 11.1 0.0 22.2 13.3
2022 36.4 18.2 45.5 0.0 27.3 54.5 18.2 0.0 27.3 18.2 36.4 9.1 9.1 6.3
Player 38.9 26.2 23.5 11.3 37.1 36.9 25.7 3.7 27.9 32.5 22.4 5.4 5.8 3.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 Changeup HOU R 32 83.3 27.5 -3.1 -10 12.6 -0.9 -7
2022 Slider HOU R 7 81.6 36.3 -4.6 -11 2.1 -5.1 -71
2022 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 32 89.7 17.8 -0.9 -6 5.2 -0.5 -9
2021 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 18 90.4 16.6 -0.6 -4 5.2 -1.0 -16
2021 Changeup HOU R 36 83.2 26.6 -3.1 -10 12.1 -0.9 -7
2021 Slider HOU R 5 83.8 33.2 -4.7 -12 2.3 -3.0 -57
2020 Slider LAD R 67 87.1 30.5 -2.7 -8 1.7 -1.7 -49
2020 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 129 94.4 12.9 1.2 9 5.8 -0.9 -13
2020 Changeup LAD R 109 86.8 23.2 -5.2 -18 12.8 -0.5 -4
2019 Slider LAD R 188 86.3 32.7 -2.1 -6 2.8 -1.1 -29
2019 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 551 95.8 11.9 2.3 16 5.5 -1.8 -25
2019 Sinker LAD R 3 96.0 15.2 -4.8 -24 11.0 -3.7 -25
2019 Changeup LAD R 348 86.2 21.7 -7.2 -25 10.2 -3.1 -23
2018 Sinker LAD R 219 95.7 14.9 -4.6 -23 11.6 -2.7 -19
2018 Slider LAD R 209 88.0 29.9 -2.2 -7 1.9 -1.7 -48
2018 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 371 96.1 11.9 2.2 16 6.5 -0.8 -11
2018 Changeup LAD R 140 86.7 24.4 -4.8 -16 12.2 -1.2 -9
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 635 97.2 8.8 2.9 25 5.6 -2.7 -32
2017 Changeup LAD R 131 87.8 21.3 -4.8 -19 11.0 -2.3 -17
2017 Sinker LAD R 217 96.8 13.5 -4.0 -23 12.5 -2.4 -16
2017 Slider LAD R 191 88.2 26.9 -3.3 -11 3.5 0.4 14
2016 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 659 97.4 11.9 1.9 14 5.7 -1.6 -22
2016 Sinker LAD R 220 97.3 16.3 -2.6 -14 12.1 -1.6 -12
2016 Slider LAD R 148 88.3 30.5 -1.0 -3 2.9 -1.9 -40
2016 Changeup LAD R 150 87.8 24.3 -4.1 -15 10.4 -2.0 -16
2015 Changeup LAD R 92 87.9 26.7 -2.2 -7 10.7 -1.7 -14
2015 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 480 97.8 13.4 0.5 4 6.5 -1.0 -13
2015 Slider LAD R 117 89.4 29.9 -0.6 -2 3.0 -1.2 -29
2015 Sinker LAD R 127 97.2 18.0 -1.3 -7 12.5 -1.3 -9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 Changeup -12.8 -4 34 46.6 8 .667 1.000 .738 17.6 0.0 0.0 .473 .731 .554 57.1
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 0 32 43.8 6 .000 .000 .233 33.3 16.7 11.1 .164 .332 .373 33.3
2022 Slider -2.9 0 7 9.6 2 .500 .500 .450 75.0 50.0 100.0 .326 .361 .305 100.0
2021 Changeup 5.5 2 36 61.0 11 .091 .091 .082 38.1 45.5 50.0 .126 .213 .144 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -7.1 -1 18 30.5 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .957 3.837 1.315 100.0
2021 Slider 10.7 1 5 8.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .129 .147 .123 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 129 42.2 30 .207 .345 .270 20.3 20.0 14.6 .267 .432 .311 34.8
2020 Changeup 1.5 2 110 35.9 30 .120 .240 .303 29.1 16.7 13.2 .161 .246 .263 20.0
2020 Slider 2.1 1 67 21.9 10 .111 .222 .195 43.8 20.0 14.3 .194 .222 .234 28.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 551 49.6 122 .182 .327 .277 33.8 33.6 24.0 .158 .281 .238 30.4
2019 Changeup 2.9 10 348 31.3 102 .157 .258 .257 28.5 16.7 16.5 .196 .311 .271 24.7
2019 Slider 1.2 2 188 16.9 45 .209 .279 .245 29.4 20.0 26.5 .226 .348 .251 22.9
2019 Sinker 6.6 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 7 371 38.2 98 .174 .279 .243 29.3 35.7 25.4 .210 .306 .268 28.3
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 219 22.5 56 .311 .511 .403 15.1 5.4 7.7 .263 .439 .368 27.3
2018 Slider 0.4 1 209 21.5 37 .278 .417 .334 41.8 18.9 15.2 .203 .302 .231 17.2
2018 Changeup 2.8 4 140 14.4 38 .135 .216 .170 48.1 39.5 24.6 .139 .229 .174 22.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 9 635 54.1 165 .208 .430 .314 30.0 26.1 17.6 .210 .368 .286 35.8
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 217 18.5 55 .273 .455 .405 18.8 12.7 12.1 .303 .457 .399 21.6
2017 Slider 0.4 1 191 16.3 34 .212 .394 .269 43.9 26.5 18.0 .201 .380 .257 33.3
2017 Changeup 0.8 1 131 11.2 24 .261 .304 .298 45.3 20.8 11.6 .318 .401 .359 5.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 32 83.3 99 17.0 1:15 1:45 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 31 89.7 92 16.4 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Changeup 36 83.2 99 17.4 1:00 1:30 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 18 90.4 92 17.1 12:45 12:30 15
2020 Changeup 106 86.8 99 18.1 1:15 1:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 124 94.4 98 18.4 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Slider 65 87.1 50 4.8 12:30 11:15 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 101 385 4 4 0 -2 6
2015 212 853 -1 8 -5 -2 0
2016 325 1,312 3 16 -8 -5 6
2017 278 1,174 8 16 -9 -4 11
2018 270 1,098 10 17 -6 -4 16
2019 277 1,119 7 17 -5 -6 13
2020 100 430 7 0 -5 -2 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 831 50.1 73.8 73.9 33.7 60.0 42.8 66.3 53.8 30.4 7.3 82.0
2016 1,178 49.7 73.0 74.8 32.3 57.6 43.8 63.6 52.5 29.9 6.5 82.9
2017 1,174 49.4 79.5 70.5 29.1 59.5 45.7 57.7 54.0 31.5 6.6 75.6
2018 972 46.0 76.2 75.1 30.8 53.8 46.0 62.6 51.6 30.7 4.4 80.5
2019 1,112 43.4 74.6 72.2 34.5 59.6 42.0 58.0 51.7 31.7 5.3 86.2
2020 306 41.5 66.1 77.4 34.6 62.9 42.2 45.7 47.7 28.8 5.9 83.3
2021 59 49.2 82.8 75.0 26.7 62.5 47.5 46.7 54.2 28.1 11.9 85.7
2022 73 49.3 72.2 69.2 18.9 71.4 38.4 50.0 45.2 30.3 6.8 80.0
Player 5,705 47.4 75.1 73.3 32.0 58.6 43.9 60.3 52.4 30.7 6.1 81.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 92 94 81 57 98 79 47 53 82 91 83 91 88 98 78 65
2016 79 86 65 44 89 55 26 80 79 89 56 88 83 97 69 55
2017 56 63 61 55 47 57 38 59 76 60 19 90 67 96 62 34
2018 89 84 89 88 76 68 32 93 99 71 26 82 82 90 52 55
2019 97 96 97 92 93 97 98 77 99 63 46 86 93 85 68 48
2020 69 44 16
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.1 12 9.4 3 4 9 3 25.0
2017 21.7 9 8.5 1 6 7 3 33.3
2018 21.1 5 5.5 -1 2 3 3 60.0
2019 23.0 7 5.1 2 6 6 0 0.0
2020 20.9 4 3.6 0 0 2 2 50.0
2021 26.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 22.3 38 33.7 4 18 28 12 31.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 12 10 8 12 9 8 9 9 7 7 9 13 8 8 9 11 6 7 10 11 8 6 15 13 9 9 11 15 11 8 7
2017 9 8 6 10 8 8 9 9 8 5 8 12 8 5 8 10 8 8 9 8 9 8 11 10 10 8 7 12 9 9 7
2018 5 6 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
2019 7 7 4 3 5 5 6 5 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 7 6 4 5 4 7 7 6 3
2020 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 4
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Player 38 36 26 34 34 32 36 33 28 23 33 42 34 28 33 37 28 28 37 36 35 33 46 40 31 30 34 44 38 34 28
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.7 97.4 -0.3 97.1 -0.3 96.0 -1.1 95.8 -0.2 94.4 -1.4 90.4 -4.0 89.7 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 87.8 -0.1 87.8 0.0 86.7 -1.1 86.2 -0.5 86.8 0.6 83.2 -3.6 83.4 0.2
Breaking Velocity 89.3 88.3 -1.0 88.2 -0.1 88.0 -0.2 86.3 -1.7 87.1 0.8 83.8 -3.3 81.6 -2.2
Exit Velocity 88.0 87.3 -0.7 86.8 -0.5 86.0 -0.8 87.5 1.5 86.7 -0.8 88.2 1.5 90.0 1.8
Launch Angle 16.1 14.4 -1.7 17.6 3.2 18.8 1.2 21.6 2.8 22.6 1.0 14.1 -8.5 12.2 -1.9
Barrel % 5.1 7.0 1.9 6.5 -0.5 7.3 0.8 2.8 -4.5 4.0 1.2 22.2 18.2 9.1 -13.1
Hard Hit % 28.7 30.5 1.8 29.7 -0.8 25.0 -4.7 26.6 1.6 28.0 1.4 55.6 27.6 54.5 -1.1
Sweet Spot % 27.2 29.4 2.2 38.9 9.5 32.5 -6.4 27.8 -4.7 22.0 -5.8 33.3 11.3 54.5 21.2
xBA .198 .213 0.015 .235 0.022 .206 -0.029 .182 -0.024 .213 0.031 .186 -0.027 .346 0.160
BA .247 .195 -0.052 .225 0.030 .220 -0.005 .174 -0.046 .159 -0.015 .143 -0.016 .417 0.274
xwOBA .257 .284 0.027 .308 0.024 .270 -0.038 .249 -0.021 .279 0.030 .297 0.018 .453 0.156
wOBA .296 .268 -0.028 .311 0.043 .283 -0.028 .239 -0.044 .237 -0.002 .238 0.001 .453 0.215
xSLG .334 .374 0.040 .388 0.014 .318 -0.070 .301 -0.017 .325 0.024 .463 0.138 .537 0.074
SLG .405 .356 -0.049 .418 0.062 .354 -0.064 .287 -0.067 .286 -0.001 .357 0.071 .583 0.226
K% 28.8 28.2 -0.6 22.9 -5.3 26.2 3.3 25.0 -1.2 18.6 -6.4 33.3 14.7 12.5 -20.8
BB% 5.3 7.5 2.2 10.4 2.9 9.7 -0.7 8.3 -1.4 10.0 1.7 6.7 -3.3 18.8 12.1
Swing % 53.8 52.5 -1.3 54.0 1.5 51.6 -2.4 51.7 0.1 47.7 -4.0 54.2 6.5 45.2 -9.0
Whiff% 30.4 29.9 -0.5 31.5 1.6 30.7 -0.8 31.7 1.0 28.8 -2.9 28.1 -0.7 30.3 2.2
In Zone % 50.1 49.7 -0.4 49.4 -0.3 46.0 -3.4 43.4 -2.6 41.5 -1.9 49.2 7.7 49.3 0.1
Out of Zone % 49.9 50.3 0.4 50.6 0.3 54.0 3.4 56.6 2.6 58.5 1.9 50.8 -7.7 50.7 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 33.7 32.3 -1.4 29.1 -3.2 30.8 1.7 34.5 3.7 34.6 0.1 26.7 -7.9 18.9 -7.8
First Pitch Swing % 39.9 35.0 -4.9 34.8 -0.2 36.2 1.4 32.2 -4.0 24.3 -7.9 40.0 15.7 31.3 -8.7
First Pitch Strike % 66.3 63.6 -2.7 57.7 -5.9 62.6 4.9 58.0 -4.6 45.7 -12.3 46.7 1.0 50.0 3.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 290 .268 184 11 6.0 106 17 16.0
2017 Shifts 278 .311 165 5 3.0 113 18 15.9
2018 Shifts 229 .277 151 10 6.6 78 27 34.6
2019 Shifts 274 .240 147 88 59.9 127 103 81.1
2020 Shifts 70 .237 36 24 66.7 34 32 94.1
2021 Shifts 15 .238 9 2 22.2 6 6 100.0
2022 Shifts 16 .453 9 2 22.2 7 6 85.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 77 21.7 0.0% 6.5% 51 30.4 0.0% 51.0%
2015 222 24.8 3.2% 19.4% 117 32.7 6.0% 64.1%
2016 343 24.6 3.2% 20.7% 151 31.7 3.3% 60.3%
2017 284 23.5 0.7% 12.7% 194 29.7 0.0% 46.9%
2018 236 22.8 0.0% 11.0% 151 27.2 0.0% 32.5%
2019 291 23.2 0.0% 11.0% 166 28.7 0.0% 36.1%
2020 100 21.9 1.0% 4.0% 38 26.0 0.0% 21.1%
2021 17 20.9 0.0% 0.0% 7 22.6 0.0% 14.3%
2022 7 22.1 0.0% 0.0% 25 25.4 0.0% 16.0%
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Pitch Distribution